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Implementation Planfor Pillar One of the

Global Soil Partnership

Implementation Plan

Promote sustainable management of soil resources

for soil protection, conservation and sustainable productivity

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Table of Contents

Abbreviations ........................................................................................................................ 2

Executive Summary .............................................................................................................. iii

1 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 4

1.1 Pillar 1 Plan of Action and recommendations .......................................................... 4

1.2 Other GSP documents guiding and supporting Pillar 1 ........................................... 5

1.3 How does Pillar 1 relate to the other four Pillars of Action? ..................................... 7

1.4 Stakeholders and stakeholder engagement ............................................................ 7

2 Implementation .............................................................................................................. 8

2.1 Develop and make available information on best practices for SSM under different

land use systems ............................................................................................................... 9

2.2 Identify regions where SSM practices are successfully implemented for up-scaling 9

2.3 Implement the revised World Soil Charter and Voluntary Guidelines for Sustainable

Soil Management ............................................................................................................ 10

2.4 Develop and implement comprehensive projects for SSM .................................... 10

2.5 Role of the Pillar 1 Working Group ........................................................................ 11

3 Logical Framework Matrix ............................................................................................ 12

4 Implementation timeline ............................................................................................... 17

5 Total budget ................................................................................................................. 18

6 References .................................................................................................................. 18

Abbreviations

GSP Global Soil Partnership

ITPS Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils

P1WG Pillar 1 Working Group

PoA Plan of Action

RIP Regional Implementation Plan

RSPs Regional Soil Partnerships

SSM Sustainable Soil Management

SWSR Status of the World’s Soil Resources

VGSSM Voluntary Guidelines on Sustainable Soil Management

WOCAT World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies

WSC World Soil Charter

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Executive Summary

Pillar 1 is tasked by the Global Soil Partnership (GSP) with the promotion of sustainable soil

management (SSM), thereby increasing the global area under sustainable management. This

implementation plan was developed by the Pillar 1 Working Group to provide actions over a five-year

period (2018-2022) for the five recommendations made in the Pillar 1 Plan of Action, which was

endorsed by the GSP Plenary Assembly in June 2014. These recommendations are addressed through

four activities, which were developed to provide global coordination and facilitation of regional and

national activities, as detailed in seven Regional Implementation Plans. In addition, actions contained

in this document were developed with cognizance of the overall goals of the GSP, as well as requests

from the GSP Plenary Assembly.

Sustainable soil management was defined in the revised World Soil Charter (WSC) as: a set of

activities that maintain or enhance the supporting, provisioning, regulating, and cultural services

provided by soil without significantly impairing either the soil functions that enable those services or

biodiversity. All activities in this document adhere to this definition and enable its application. To

move from definition to implementation, a guidance document on assessment has been developed by

the ITPS to specify how soil management practices can be evaluated according to the revised WSC

definition. Through the activities contained in this implementation plan, this guidance will facilitate

the assessment of SSM practices according to local, national and regional priorities and contexts by

the Regional Soil Partnerships. Using the assessment protocol, a database of SSM management

practices will be compiled, drawing from existing databases, as well as relevant practices not

currently catalogued.

Enhanced implementation of SSM will be achieved by identifying appropriate SSM practices and

systems for all land uses and working with land managers to implement them at appropriate scales.

Relevant data and information from these SSM practises will be included in the GSP’s Global Soil

Information System, since the practises will include critical characteristics such as, land use,

pedoclimatic zone, soil threats and/or others. In addition, maps will include metadata on broad site

characteristics, the SSM practices and systems implemented, the barriers to widespread adoption and

expanding of SSM implementation, and the stakeholder-engagement process. Ultimately, the aim is to

ensure the up-scaling of these projects, as well as the development and implementation of new SSM

projects where applicable. This will be achieved by developing comprehensive SSM project proposals

which would include aspects on: the potential barriers to SSM adoption and how these would be

addressed; how relevant policies can and will be supported; aspects of capacity building prior to and

during project implementation; and monitoring of SSM management impacts on soil functions and

ecosystem services.

1 Introduction

The Global Soil Partnership (GSP) was established in 2012 to improve the governance of soil

resources to guarantee agriculturally productive soils for a food secure world. Under the GSP, Pillar 1

is tasked with the promotion of sustainable management (SSM) of soil resources to increase the global

area under such sustainable management. Its specific tasks are: 1) the identification and

implementation of SSM practices and systems, and 2) the identification and development of solutions

to the barriers preventing the adoption of SSM at regional and national scales. Through the work of

the other pillars, the successful implementation of identified SSM practices will be disseminated and

monitored, and the technical and policy barriers to adoption addressed through the provision of

targeted research.

This implementation plan was developed by the Pillar 1 Working Group (P1WG), which is composed

of representatives of each of the nine regional Soil Partnerships. The WG was supported in their work

by the GSP Secretariat and the Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils (ITPS).

Implementation of Pillar 1 actions build on the foundation laid by previous work of the GSP and its

scientific support group, the ITPS, as set out below.

1.1 Pillar 1 Plan of Action and recommendations

A global Plan of Action1 for Pillar 1 was endorsed by the GSP Plenary Assembly in July 2014,

highlighting that SSM should be promoted and implemented in all land uses. The Plan states that the

challenges associated with SSM should be assessed and addressed in terms of the economic,

technical, social, political, investment and partnership challenges. To achieve this, the following five

recommendations were made:

1. Appropriate SSM practices and systems should be identified for all land uses at regional and

national levels using existing knowledge, adapted according to site characteristics and land

user needs, considering cost-benefit analyses and social impacts. These practices and systems

should be implemented at appropriate scales to restore and maintain soil functions and

ecosystem services.

2. In light of the primary importance of food security, sustainable agricultural production should

be supported by balanced soil fertility management using a range of available nutrients and

appropriate physical management practices without causing negative environmental impacts.

3. All barriers preventing the implementation or adoption of SSM practices and systems should

be assessed and policy and technical solutions proposed to create an enabling environment for

sustainable soil management.

4. A monitoring system should be developed to measure the progress of implementation of SSM

practices and systems.

5. The GSP should facilitate the development of a capacity building strategy amongst all

stakeholders to promote the adoption of SSM.

These recommendations are addressed through four global level activities and related actions as

presented in Section 3 of this implementation plan. These activities were developed to provide global

coordination and facilitation of regional and national activities to ensure SSM implementation and

create an enabling environment for implementation. The actions provided in this implementation plan

were developed with cognizance of the overall goals of the GSP, priority activities at regional level as

developed to date in the Regional Implementation Plans (RIPs), as well as requests from the GSP

Plenary Assembly.

1 Pillar 1 Plan of Action available online at http://www.fao.org/3/az898e

http://www.fao.org/3/az898e

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1.2 Other GSP documents guiding and supporting Pillar 1

The revised World Soil Charter (WSC) defined SSM as: a set of activities that maintain or enhance

the supporting, provisioning, regulating, and cultural services provided by soil without significantly

impairing either the soil functions that enable those services or biodiversity. The Charter further

provides guidelines for action by different stakeholders to ensure that soils are managed sustainably

and that degraded soils are rehabilitated or restored, calling for action at all levels (FAO, 2015).

The ecosystem services provided by the soil and the soil functions that support these services are

specified in the introductory section of the Status of the World’s Soil Resources (SWSR) report

(FAO and ITPS, 2015). The seven soil functions that are under threat are:

1. Biomass production, including agriculture and forestry,

2. Storing, filtering and transforming nutrients, substances and water,

3. Biodiversity pool, such as habitats, species and genes,

4. Physical and cultural environment for humans and human activities,

5. Source of raw materials,

6. Acting as a carbon pool, and

7. Archive of geological and archaeological heritage.

The major ecosystem services provided by soil and the specific soil functions that enable those

services are summarized in Table 1. The SWSR report further provides a comprehensive overview of

the 10 main threats to the soil functions that support the delivery of ecosystem services: soil erosion,

contamination, organic carbon loss, salinization, acidification, waterlogging, sealing, compaction, loss

of soil biodiversity, and nutrient imbalance. The severity and trend of each of the ten threats was

assessed for each of the eight FAO regions (Africa South of the Sahara, Antarctica, Asia, Europe and

Eurasia, Latin America and the Caribbean, Near East and North Africa, North America, Southwest

Pacific). Table 1. Ecosystem services provided by the soil and the soil functions that support these services (adapted from the SWSR).

Ecosystem service Soil functions

Supporting services: Services that are necessary for the production of all other ecosystem services;

their impacts on people are often indirect or occur over a very long time

Soil formation Weathering of primary minerals, formation of clay minerals and

release of nutrients

Accumulation and transformation of organic matter

Creation of structures (aggregates, horizons) for gas and water flow

and root growth

Creation of charged surfaces for ion retention and exchange

Primary production Medium for seed germination and root growth

Supply of nutrients and water for plants

Nutrient cycling Transformation of organic materials by soil organisms

Retention and release of nutrients on charged surfaces

Regulating services: benefits obtained from the regulation of ecosystem processes

Water quality

regulation

Filtering and buffering of substances in soil water

Transformation of contaminants

Water supply

regulation

Infiltration and retention of water within the soil

Drainage of excess water out of soil and into groundwater and surface

water

Climate regulation Regulation of CO2, N2O, and CH4 emissions

Land-sea thermal exchange and heat regulation

Erosion regulation Retention of soil on the land surface

Provisioning Services: products (‘goods’) obtained from ecosystems of direct benefit to people

Food supply Providing water, nutrients, and physical support for growth of plants

for human and animal consumption

Water supply Retention and purification of water

Fibre and fuel supply Providing water, nutrients, and physical support for growth of plant

growth for bioenergy and fibre

Raw earth material

supply

Provision of topsoil, aggregates, peat, raw material for construction,

etc.

Surface stability Supporting human habitations and related infrastructure

Refugia Providing habitat for soil animals, birds etc.

Genetic resources Source of unique biological materials

Cultural services: nonmaterial benefits which people obtain from ecosystems through spiritual

enrichment, aesthetic experiences, heritage preservation and recreation

Aesthetic and spiritual Preservation of natural and cultural landscape diversity

Source of pigments and dyes

Heritage Preservation of archaeological records

Based on the material in the SWSR report, the ITPS identified four priorities for action, with the

following of particular relevance to the work under Pillar 1:

1. Sustainable soil management can increase the supply of healthy food for the most food

insecure among us. Specifically, we should minimize further degradation of soils and restore

the productivity of soils that are already degraded in those regions where people are most

vulnerable.

2. The global stores of soil organic matter (e.g., soil organic carbon and soil organisms) should

be stabilized or increased. Each nation should identify locally appropriate soil organic carbon

(SOC)-improving management practices and facilitate their implementation. They should also

work towards a national-level goal of achieving a stable or positive net SOC balance.

3. Compelling evidence exists that humanity is close to the global limits for total fixation of

nitrogen and regional limits for phosphorus use. Therefore, we should act to stabilize or

reduce global industrial nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) fertilizer use while simultaneously

increasing fertilizer use and use efficiency in regions of nutrient deficiency. Increasing the

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efficiency of N and P use by plants is a key requirement to achieve this goal, including the use

of biological N fixation through legumes and other plant-microbe interactions.

In 2016, the FAO endorsed the Voluntary Guidelines for Sustainable Soil Management (VGSSM)

that specifies a set of characteristics that would indicate that SSM is being practiced (FAO, 2016).

Based on the foundation of the documents cited above, the ITPS has developed a Guidance

Document for the Assessment of SSM that directly supports the Implementation Plan of Pillar 1

(addressing action 1.1 in the Logical Framework presented below). This document was approved by

the ITPS at its Eighth Plenary Session in April 2018 and is included as an annex to this

Implementation Plan.

1.3 How does Pillar 1 relate to the other four Pillars of Action?

The five GSP Pillars of Action are highly interdependent and all are focused on the objective set by

the revised WSC stating that: “The overarching goal for all parties is to increase the area under

sustainable soil management and the area of soils rehabilitated or restored” (FAO, 2015. p.5) The

main focus of the five Pillars within the context of SSM implementation are as follows:

Pillar 1: Promote sustainable management of soil resources for soil protection, conservation and

sustainable productivity.

Identify SSM practices and systems relevant for the specific land use, as well as barriers to

adoption, and promote implementation of SSM.

Pillar 2: Encourage investment, technical cooperation, policy, education, awareness and extension in

soil.

Harness human and capital resources required to implement SSM and remove barriers to

adoption.

Pillar 3: Promote targeted soil research and development focusing on identified gaps, priorities and

synergies with related productive, environmental and social development actions.

Provide key natural science and socio-economic research data to bridge knowledge gaps that

limit implementation of SSM.

Pillar 4: Enhance the quantity and quality of soil data and information: data collection (generation),

analysis, validation, reporting, monitoring and integration with other disciplines.

Provide authoritative data to assess progress in global implementation and adoption of SSM.

Pillar 5: Harmonization of methods, measurements and indicator for the sustainable management and

protection of soil resources.

Improve and standardize methods that provide reliable and simple indicators for the

promotion and adoption of SSM.

1.4 Stakeholders and stakeholder engagement

Enhanced global implementation of SSM can only be achieved through the support of all stakeholders

and partners. Global activities will be facilitated by the GSP Secretariat with key support from the

Regional Soil Partnerships (RSPs) to ensure regional participation and impact. The Regional Soil

Partnership Secretariats and RSP governance approaches are therefore the next level of support and

facilitation. The RSPs are further represented through the regional Pillar 1 Chairs who form part of the

Pillar 1 Working Group (P1WG). At national level, the GSP focal points represent a major

stakeholder group responsible for national participation in regional and global GSP activities,

including those under Pillar 1. As necessary, actions at regional and national level will be further

supported by FAO regional and national offices.

The roles of other key stakeholders in the implementation of SSM is envisaged as follows:

Roles of Individuals and the Private Sector:

1. All individuals using or managing soil are called to demonstrate stewardship of the soil by

participating in SSM assessment and, if necessary, changing management practices to achieve

SSM.

2. The private sector is called to acknowledge the importance of SSM and reward

implementation of SSM through its procurement processes.

Roles of Groups and the Science Community:

1. Disseminate information about SSM and promote its importance.

2. Work with individuals and groups of land managers to assess and implement locally-relevant

SSM.

3. Conduct relevant research to address gaps in SSM and remove barriers to implementation.

Roles of Government:

1. Incorporate the principles and practices of SSM into policy guidance and legislation at all

levels of government, ideally leading to the development of a national soil policy and

legislation.

2. Strive to create favourable socio-economic and institutional conditions to support SSM by

removal of obstacles and potential barriers to adoption.

3. Participate in and encourage the development of multi-level, interdisciplinary educational and

capacity-building initiatives that promote the adoption of SSM by land users.

4. Support and initiate research programs that will provide sound scientific backing for

development and implementation of SSM relevant to end-users.

5. Gather data on implementation of SSM and contribute this to the Global Soil Information

System for monitoring and reporting purposes.

Roles of International Organizations:

1. Facilitate the compilation of data and dissemination of reports on the rate of global adoption

of SSM.

2. Where appropriate, secure funds to facilitate regional and national-level assessment and

implementation of SSM.

3. Compile global-level synthesis of advances in SSM and disseminate these to regional and

national groups.

All GSP partners, especially those involved in SSM implementation and related activities are invited

to participate in the implementation of this plan to ensure optimal collaboration and combined efforts

to increase the global area under SSM to support sustainable development.

2 Implementation

The main aim of Pillar 1 implementation is to identify successful SSM practices at global, regional

and national levels for any given land use and enhance their implementation while creating an

enabling environment for optimal SSM implementation by addressing the barriers to adoption. These

actions are necessary to ensure that global soils can optimally perform their key functions and provide

essential ecosystem services. The five recommendations contained in the Pillar 1 Plan of Action are

cumulatively addressed through four activities as briefly described below, along with relevant actions

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as listed in the Logical Framework Matrix in section 3. Implementation of these activities and actions

is proposed for a five-year period (2018-2022).

2.1 Develop and make available information on best practices for SSM under

different land use systems

In order to promote and implement SSM under Pillar 1, and the GSP in general, a clear understanding

is needed of which soil management practices could be considered sustainable. A clear set of best

SSM practices is essential in the way forward to increasing the global area of soils under sustainable

management. The first action to this end is to develop a guidance document for SSM assessment that

allows users to determine whether soil management practices are sustainable according to the revised

WSC definition.

This guidance document was developed with the understanding that it will be refined to enable the

assessment of SSM practices according to regional and national priorities and contexts. The aim of the

guidance document is to broadly outline how an assessment of SSM could be conducted as a starting

point for regional and national refinement. The global methodology will not provide a comprehensive

assessment guide, but rather unpack and explain the technical implication of the SSM definition and

its application. This would include perspectives on the type of questions to be answered during

assessment and the use of suitable indicators. More comprehensive SSM assessment methodologies

and associated indicators should then be developed at regional and national levels.

As the specific assessment protocols (global/regional/national) become available, a database of best

SSM practices will be compiled at global level and refined for regional and sub-regional levels. Such

a database will draw from existing databases (e.g., WOCAT’s2 Sustainable Land Management Data

Base), as well as from relevant SSM practices not listed in existing databases to be sourced through

GSP partners. Furthermore, an assessment methodology of soil management practices would naturally

include the use of appropriate indicators and metrics. This links directly to the implementation of GSP

activities under Pillar 5 on the harmonization of methods, measurements and indicators for the

sustainable management and protection of soils and will be implemented accordingly.

2.2 Identify regions where SSM practices are successfully implemented for up-scaling

The Pillar 1 Plan of Action recommended the identification of appropriate SSM practices and systems

for all land uses at regional and national levels and implementing them at appropriate scales to restore

and maintain soil functions and ecosystem services. In order to account for landscape and climate

heterogeneity, SSM practices and systems should be identified and adapted for implementation in,

amongst others, different biomes, landscapes, watersheds, land uses, land cover types, and farm types

or scales. In addition, SSM practices and systems should be adapted to relevant site characteristics and

land user needs, considering the cost-benefit analyses and social impacts of their implementation. Site

characteristics should include available information on climate, landscape, access to water and

especially soil characteristics.

As described in Section 2.1, global, regional and national practices will be identified and compiled in

a SSM best practice database. A further step will be to identify SSM success stories and ensure their

up-scaling (i.e., expanding, replicating, adapting and sustaining successful implementation) for greater

impact and implementation.

To achieve this, case studies at regional and national levels should be identified where SSM is

successfully implemented. Successful implementation will be determined using the assessment

protocol described in Section 2.1. At the same time, potential barriers to the wider adoption of SSM

practices and systems being implemented should be assessed and documented. This would include the

identification of some unsuccessful projects to understand the reasons for failed implementation

and/or adoption. In order to build stakeholder networks for implementation, the relevant stakeholders

2 WOCAT – World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies

involved in existing projects will be documented. Case studies should be mapped based on areal

extent and characteristics identified at regional level such as land use pedoclimatic zone, soil threats

and/or others. In addition, maps should include metadata on the site and soil characteristics, the SSM

practices and systems implemented, the barriers to up-scaling, and the relevant stakeholders. This will

enable monitoring of where areas under SSM are increasing or decreasing and soil data and

information generated should link directly to the Global Soil Information System (linked to

implementation under Pillar 4).

2.3 Implement the revised World Soil Charter and Voluntary Guidelines for

Sustainable Soil Management

The revised WSC was developed to inform decision-making at the global scale and foster the

implementation of SSM at regional and national levels. It updated the vision and guiding principles

endorsed in the first version of the Charter, published in 1981, which no longer reflected the world

soil situation and needed updating. As a first step in utilizing the revised WSC, current activities by

and within GSP partners will be assessed in support of the principles contained in the Charter. Results

from the survey will be used to evaluate the impact of GSP initiatives and support the planning of

future activities. Such a survey will constitute the first in a series of reviews of country performance

in implementing actions of the revised WSC.

Similarly, following its endorsement by the 155th session of the FAO Council in December 2016, the

VGSSM require active global implementation. The VGSSM focus mostly on agriculture and elaborate

the principles outlined in the revised World Soil Charter, considering the evidence provided in the

SWSR report. The guidelines aim to provide general technical and policy recommendations on SSM

to a wide range of committed stakeholders. In this context, the VGSSM are of voluntary nature and

are not legally binding. The first step in implementing the VGSSM entails the organization of regional

and national awareness and capacity development workshops. The purpose of these workshops would

be to: 1) familiarize various stakeholders of its scope, added value and potential impacts in terms of

supporting sustainable development through SSM and 2) encourage stakeholders to promote, support

and utilize the guidelines. Furthermore, due to the general and broad nature of the VGSSM, various

stakeholders and GSP partners requested the development of technical SSM manuals for each of the

10 major soil threats addressed. These manuals will be developed by working groups to provide

technical information on soil management to address the relevant soil threats within specific

geographic and/or regional contexts (as determined by the working groups).

Once technical SSM manuals are available, it is envisaged that capacity development

trainings/workshop will be needed to develop regional and national SSM implementation capacities.

In addition, ensuring the inclusion of soil governance in national policies and legislative frameworks

according to the guidance and principles of the VGSSM will require active collaboration with

governments and other institutional organizations. These actions are included in this implementation

plan, but with the understanding that it would be implemented as part of Pillar 2 activities and

associated budget.

2.4 Develop and implement comprehensive projects for SSM

Ultimately, actions under Pillar 1 should lead to increased implementation of comprehensive SSM

projects and a larger global area under SSM. To achieve this, comprehensive project proposals will be

developed to implement SSM practices. Project proposals would include those aimed at up-scaling

existing successful projects (locally, nationally and/or regionally), as well as new concepts to develop

innovative and comprehensive SSM projects. To ensure integrated and comprehensive projects, the

following aspects should be included (not an exhaustive list):

The potential barriers to SSM adoption and how these would be addressed;

How relevant policies can and will be supported;

Aspects of capacity development prior to and during project implementation;

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Needs assessments at various levels to ensure adaptation of existing practices to local

contexts;

Knowledge exchange and development of decision support systems; and

Monitoring of SSM management impacts on soil functions and ecosystem services.

Funding should be actively sourced to implement these proposals and all new projects will be mapped

along with the existing successful case studies to be developed under section 2.2 above.

2.5 Role of the Pillar 1 Working Group

The Pillar 1 Working Group consists of a representative from the GSP Secretariat, the ITPS Pillar 1

Chair, as well as nine regional Pillar 1 chairs as nominated by the RSPs with the following

responsibilities:

Role of the Pillar 1 Working Group

1. Compilation of regional and global implementation reports for submission to the annual GSP

Plenary Assembly.

2. Dissemination of global-level documents and program information to national and sub-

national groups.

3. Identification of cross-regional issues and impediments, and transmission of these to the GSP,

ITPS and WGs of other Pillars.

Role of RSP Pillar 1 WG Chairs:

1. Identification of national government, NGO, and civil society partners for SSM assessment

and implementation.

2. Establishment and chairing of Regional Pillar 1 WG (i.e., national lead partners for SSM

assessment and implementation).

3. Facilitating programs (e.g., workshops, field visits, and outreach materials) for assessment

and implementation of SSM at national and local scales.

4. Facilitating documentation of successful SSM implementation (e.g., specific practices, area of

implementation) and barriers to adoption for reporting to Pillar 1 WG.

3 Logical Framework Matrix

Activity Product description

Actions Start date

End date Stakeholders Budget

1. Develop and makeavailable information on best practices for SSM under different land use systems

Develop a global protocol to test soil management practices against the SSM definition in the revised WSC and refine the protocol for regional and/or national contexts.

Develop a database with best SSM practices.

1.1 Develop a guidance document on the assessment of whether soil management practices are sustainable according to the SSM definition in the revised World Soil Charter

Q1 2018 Q2 2018 GSP Secretariat

ITPS

USD 10,000

1.2 Compile a global database of best SSM practices assessed using the assessment protocol in Action 1.1, drawing from existing databases, as well as from SSM practices not listed in existing databases.

Q3 2018 Q42019

and continuously updated

GSP Secretariat

ITPS

RSPs

Focal points

P1WG

USD 10,000

1.3 Refine the global guidance to assess SSM practices according to regional and national priorities and contexts


ITPS

RSPs

Focal points

Regional Pillar 1 Working Groups

USD 500,000

1.4 Compile regional and local sub-datasets of best SSM practices assessed or implemented using the refined assessment protocol from Action 1.3 above

Q4 2018 Q4 2021

and continuously updated

GSP Secretariat

ITPS

RSPs

All GSP Partners

USD 500,000

2. Identify regions whereSSM practices are successfully implemented

Develop integrated regional maps of successful SSM case

2.1 Identify case studies at regional and national levels where SSM is successfully implemented based on

Q3 2018 Q4 2021

and

GSP Secretariat

ITPS

USD 75,000

Budget to be

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Actions Start date


for up-scaling studies. the SSM assessment protocol developed under Activity 1.

Include the assessment of:

Barriers to adoption/up-scaling

of good practices

Stakeholders involved in

existing projects

continuously updated

RSPs

National Focal Points

International organizations, science community, individuals and the private sector, farmers associations

supplemented by national and regional contributions

2.2 Map successful projects based on location, aerial extent and specific characteristics to be determined at regional levels, e.g. land use, pedoclimatic zone, biomes, land zoning, soil threats, and/or others.

Maps should include metadata on aspects such as:

broad site characteristics,

SSM practices and systems

implemented,

potential barriers to up-scaling,

the stakeholders involved in

implementation.


RSPs

All GSP Partners

USD 50,000

Budget to be supplemented by national and regional contributions

2.3 Monitor where areas under SSM are increasing or decreasing, creating direct links to the Global

Q2 2019 Continuous GSP Secretariat

RSPs

USD 200,000

Budget to be


Actions Start date


Soil Information System (linked to implementation under Pillar 4)

All GSP Partners supplemented by national and regional contributions

3. Implement the revised World Soil Charter and Voluntary Guidelines for Sustainable Soil Management

Develop and implement an online survey to assess GSP partners’ performance against the revised WSC.

Organize regional and national capacity development workshops to disseminate and develop capacity on the VGSSM.

Technical SSM manuals for the major soil threats.

Capacity development on specific soil threats and SSM soil management actions to address these threats (implement through GSP Pillar 2)

Soil governance integrated in national policy and legislative frameworks (implement through GSP Pillar 2)

3.1 Assess the performance of GSP partners against the revised World Soil Charter


ITPS

RSPs and all partners

National and regional contributions through time spent by partners to complete an online questionnaire

3.2 Disseminate the VGSSM through regional and national awareness and capacity development workshops to encourage stakeholders to promote, support and apply the guidelines.


ITPS

RSPs

USD 200,000

Budget to be supplemented by national and regional contributions through the provision of workshop facilities and manpower to support arrangement and implementation of workshops

3.3 Develop technical SSM manuals for each of the ten major soil threats identified in the SWSR.

These manuals will be developed by working groups to provide technical information on soil management to address the relevant soil threats. The geographic or regional contexts of these manuals will be determined by the respective working groups.

Q1 2018 2022 GSP Secretariat

ITPS

RSPs

P1WG

Participation of various GSP partners through expert working groups

USD 75,000


3.4 Link with implementation under Pillar 2 to implement capacity


RSPs

Budget to be covered through

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Actions Start date


development training/workshops on specific soil threats and SSM practices to address these threats

Focal Points

Nationally nominated participants

implementation under Pillar 2

3.5 Link with implementation under Pillar 2 to collaborate with governments and other international organizations to integrate soil governance for soil protection

Q4 2018 Q4 2020

And continuous

GSP Secretariat

RSPs

Focal Points

Budget to be covered through implementation under Pillar 2

4. Develop and implementcomprehensive projects for SSM

Develop project proposals for comprehensive SSM implementation projects.

Establish SSM implementation projects in all regions.

4.1 Develop comprehensive project proposals to implement SSM practices.

Projects would include

those aimed at up-scaling

existing successful SSM projects

as identified under Activity 2

above (up-scaling locally,

nationally and/or regionally), and

new concepts to develop

innovative and comprehensive

SSM projects.

To ensure integrated and comprehensive projects, the following aspects should be included (non-exhaustive list):

barriers to adoption and how to

overcome them,

the development of relevant

Q3 2018 Q4 2020

Continuously develop proposals over the longer term

GSP Secretariat

RSPs

All GSP Partners

USD 100,000



Actions Start date


policy support,

capacity development before and

during implementation,

needs assessments to adapt SSM

practices,

Knowledge exchange and

development of decision support

systems, and

monitoring of SSM management

impact on soil functions and

ecosystem services.

4.2 Implement SSM projects in all regions, ensuring involvement of all relevant stakeholders.


RSPs

All GSP Partners

USD 15,000,000

Budget to be supplemented by applying for project funding that cannot be channelled through FAO

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4 Implementation timeline

Activity Actions 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

1. Develop and make available information on best

practices for SSM under different land use systems 1.1

1.2

1.3

1.4

2. Identify regions where SSM practices are

successfully implemented for up-scaling 2.1

2.2

2.3

3. Implement the revised World Soil Charter and

Voluntary Guidelines for Sustainable Soil

Management

3.1

3.2

3.3

3.4

3.5

4. Develop and implement comprehensive projects for

SSM 4.1

4.2

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5 Total budget

Activity Budget

1. Implement the revised World Soil Charter and Voluntary

Guidelines for Sustainable Soil Management

USD 275,000

2. Develop and make available information on best practices for

SSM under different land use systems

USD 1,020,000

3. Identify regions where sustainable soil management practices are

successfully implemented for up-scaling

USD 325,000

4. Develop and implement projects for sustainable soil management

practices

USD 15,100,000

Total Activities USD 16,720,000

6 References

FAO. 2015. Revised World Soil Charter. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United

Nations. Rome, Italy. Available at http://www.fao.org/3/a-i4965e.pdf

FAO and ITPS. 2015. Status of the World’s Soil Resources (SWSR) – Main Report. Food and

Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils,

Rome, Italy.

FAO, 2017. Voluntary Guidelines for Sustainable Soil Management. Food and Agriculture

Organization of the United Nations. Rome, Italy. Available at http://www.fao.org/3/a-bl813e.pdf

http://www.fao.org/3/a-i4965e.pdf

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